Adjectives Like Ωραίος

Level 1Sounds Like os -a -o

Some adjectives use feminine -α alongside masculine -ος and neuter -ο.

How It Works

Some adjectives use feminine -α alongside masculine -ος and neuter -ο.

Ωραίος, ωραία and ωραίο form one common set. Learn the feminine with the adjective; do not replace every -ος with -η.

GreekMeaning
ωραίος κήποςa beautiful garden
ωραία πόληa beautiful city
ωραίο σπίτιa beautiful house

Examples (3)

  1. ωραίος κήπος

    a beautiful garden

  2. ωραία πόλη

    a beautiful city

  3. ωραίο σπίτι

    a beautiful house

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Adjectives Like ΩραίοςLevel 1

Learn This First

Recognize gender, number and case agreement before applying this adjective pattern or changing its syntactic role.